Corporate inversions aren’t the problem, they’re the symptom. The problem, as Mercatus Ceneter’s Veronique de Rugy explains, is that “America’s corporate income tax rate is the highest of all developed nations.”

High U.S. Corporate Tax Rate

As de Rugy correctly concludes, “Addressing the underlying causes of inversions by reforming this tax system would not only stop inversions, it would also trim the burden on corporations, which would in turn help American companies compete better at home and abroad.”